{"id":3536,"date":"2021-02-14T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-14T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=3536"},"modified":"2021-02-14T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-14T10:45:00","slug":"close-range-leesa-ross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=3536","title":{"rendered":"At Close Range by Leesa Ross"},"content":{"rendered":"

AT CLOSE RANGE: <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A MEMOIR OF <\/strong><\/span><\/span>TRAGEDY AND ADVOCACY<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

By Leesa Ross<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Publisher: Texas Tech University Press<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pages: 192<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pub Date: April 15, 2020<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Categories: Nonfiction \/ Memoir \/ Personal Transformation \/ Advocacy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE BOOK: <\/strong>Leesa Ross did not expect to write a book. Neither did she expect the tragedy that her family endured, a horrific and sudden death that led her to write\u202fAt Close Range<\/em>.\u202fHer debut memoir\u202fis the story of what happened after her son Jon died in a freak gun accident\u202fat a party. Ross unsparingly shares the complexities of grief as it ripples through the generations of her family, then chronicles how the loss of Jon has sparked a new life for her as a prominent advocate for gun safety.\u202f Before the accident, Ross never had a motivation to consider the role that guns played in her life. Now, she revisits ways in which guns became a part of\u202feveryday life for her three sons and their friends.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ross\u2019s attitude towards guns is thorny. She has collectors and hunters in her family. To balance her advocacy, she joined both Moms Demand Action and the NRA. Through At Close Range<\/em>,\u202fthe national conversation about gun control plays out in one family\u2019s catalyzing moment and its aftermath. However,\u202fAt Close Range<\/em>\u202fultimately shows one mother\u2019s effort to create meaning from tragedy and find a universally reasonable position and focal point: gun safety and responsible ownership. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Purchase: Texas Tech University Press<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Click to add the book to Goodreads<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:  <\/strong>Leesa Ross\u202fis a debut author who\u2019s transformed a tragedy into a mission for safety. After losing a son to a shooting accident, she formed Lock Arms for Life, an educational organization teaching gun safety. A Texas mother of three, she leads Lock Arms, sits on the board of Texas Gun Sense, and belongs to the NRA. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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